| Title: |
Rescue Project: Guidance - Sustainable land use and urban design
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2005 |
| Availability: |
Rescue Consortium (2005) Guidance - Sustainable land use and urban design. Workpackage 4 – Deliverable D 4.1
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Rescue Consortium
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| Author / Producer Type: |
EC Project
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Social
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| Short description: |
The process of industrial change has resulted and still results in the creation
of “brownfields” across Europe - particularly in urban and industrialised
areas. Brownfield sites represent the heritage of the prosperous phase of
industrial activities. They are in many cases an integral part of a city’s
structure, instantly affecting the quality of urban life. The problems
generated by brownfield sites are manifold: Brownfields are derelict or
underused; they have in many cases real or perceived contamination
problems, present adverse effects on the quality of urban life and need
intervention from outside to be brought back to beneficial use respectively
be reintegrated into the economic cycle. Additionally, as they are generated
by changing industrial patterns, brownfield sites are coupled with a severe
loss of jobs and, as a corollary of this, with the decline of the affected urban
quarters and even whole cities. In this context, brownfield sites also have
negative impacts on the economic and social situation of the affected
regions.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 28/09/2006
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